Woven fabric



July 1, 1941. E, Q 2,247,615

WOVEN FABRIC Filed July 14, 1939 ill! em a EP Lara? Patented July 1, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WOVEN FABRIC Edward P. Lord, Norwich, Conn.

Application July 14, 1939, Serial No. 284,565

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a woven decorative fabric.

A woven decorative fabric in accordance with this invention is of the tape, strap, or ribbonlike type and is designed primarily for use in tying packages to enhance the appearance of the latter and for ornamenting wrapped or unwrapped objects, but it is to be understood that the fabric, in accordance with this invention, is to be used for any purpose and in any connection for which it may be found applicable.

The invention resides in the production of a decorative fabric of the type referred to having a composite central portion or section and a pair of outer portions or sections, said central portion or section including a reinforced paper strip and said outer portions or sections being formed of closely related threads with a tinsel or lustrous effect.

The invention further aims to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a decorative fabric including an ornamented central portion or section and a pair of outer portions or sections, the ornamentation for the central portion or section being provided by printing or stamping the design or ornamentation on the outer surface of the paper strip, and the said side portions or sections being in the form of closely related continuous metallic strands having a tensile or lustrous effect connected with said central portion.

The invention further resides in the production of a woven decorative fabric of the type referred to having a flat thin composite central portion or section and a pair of flat thin outer portions or sections, the said central portion being formed of reinforced paper having a design superimposed on its outer surface, and the said outer portions or sections being in the form of closely related threads of the tinsel type.

The invention further resides in the production of a woven fabric of the type referred to including an ornamented reinforced paper center and flat groups of the desired width, formed of closely related parallels of tinsel threads connected at their inner sides with and corresponding in length to the sides of said center.

The invention further resides in the production of a decorative fabric of the type referred to which is strong, durable, conveniently handled for any use for which it may be intended, of a construction to arrest the transverse tearing thereof during application and when applied, having a distinctive and novel appearance, ap-

pealing to the eye, and produced at a comparatively low cost.

Embodying the aims aforesaid and others which may hereinafter appear, the woven decorative fabric consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein is shown embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifica tions may be had with respect to the strip and with respect to the manner of producing it which falls within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a fragmentary view in top plan of the woven decorative fabric in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view upon an enlarged scale on line 2-2, Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view upon an enlarged scale on line 3-3, Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary exploded view in top plan of the structure shown by Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view illustrating a modified form of the central part or inner section for the fabric looking towards one side edge of such part or section.

With reference to the drawing the fabric includes a central part or inner section of striplike form which may be flat or corrugated. A flat central part or inner section is indicated at I, Figure 1. A corrugated central part or inner section is indicated at 2, Figure 5. The central part or inner section of the fabric will be of the width and length desired.

The fabric includes the central part or inner section i or 2, a weft 3 constituting a retainer for the central part and a pair of outer sections 4, 5. The central part I or 2 will be hereinafter referred to in the description as an inner section and in the claim as a relatively wide flat central warp member of strip-like form. The retainer 3 is common to the web and said outer sections.

The inner section I consists of a thin continuous fiat body 6 formed from a strip of paper stock of the desired thickness, width and length reinforced lengthwise thereof by spaced cotton threads I embedded therein. The cotton threads 1 preferably will be continuous and correspond in length to the length of body 6. The outer surface 8 of the body 6 has printed or stamped thereon throughout a suitable design, as indicated at 9. The body 6 preferably will be suitably colored. The reinforcing of the body 6 re- I stretches to the outer'stretches.

duces the transverse tearing thereof to a minimum.

The weft 3 will be formed from a length of cotton thread I bent in a manner to provide outwardly arranged spaced inclined stretches II,

inwardly arranged spaced inclined stretches I2 extending at an opposite inclination with respect to the inclination of the stretches II, bends I3 connecting "the outer stretches II to the inner stretches, and bends I4 connecting the inner The stretches I I constitute what may be termed the front of the weft, the stretches I2 the back of the weft and the bends I3, I4 the sides of the weft. The length of weft 3 is to correspond substantially to the length of the body 6 of inner section I. The latter is to be positioned between the outer and inner stretches of the weft 3. The width of body 6 is materially less than the length of the inner and outer stretches of the Weft 3 and when positioned relative to the weft, the latter will have portions I5, I6 of the inner and outer stretches of weft 3 extended laterally in opposite directions from the sides of said bodyB. There is associated with the weft 3 a pair of holder membe'rs I1, I8 in the form of continuous threads. The .member I! is arranged against the inner faces of the bends I3. The member I8 :is' ar. ranged? against the inner faces of the bends I4. Themembers I1, I8 act to hold the bends I3 in uniform spaced relation to the bends I4 whereby the stretches I I and I2 will be of uniform length. The bends I3 are staggered. with respect to the bends I4. The weft 3 also constitutes what may be termed a connector for coupling the outer sections 4, 5 against the opposite sides of the body 6. t

The outer section 4 consists of a series of closely related continuous elements IS in the form of threads, parts or strands, and which maybe termed warp members. The elements I9 are interlaced or woven with and throughout the portion; I5 of the weft 3 between one side of body 6 and the holder member I I. The latter is in the form'of-a warp member. The other outer section; 5 consists of a series of closely related continuous elements in the form of Wires and which may be termed warp members. The elements ZII. are interlaced or woven with and throughout the portion I6 of the weft 3 between the other side ofthe body 6 and the member I8 The latter isrin the form of a warp member. The interlacing or weaving of the elements I9, 20 with the weft portions l5; I6 contract parts of such portions and to provide the weft 3 with what may be termed an open central portion which snugly encompasses the body 6. The interlaci-ng of the elements 19,- 20 with the weft portions I5,- I6 connects the sections of the fabric together and further maintains the outer sec tions of the fabric in juxtaposition to the sides of body 6.

As before stated, the outer sections are in the form of threads, parts or strands and which may be cotton, linen, Rayon or rubber, but preferably the elements I9 and 20 of the outer sections will be formed from silvered copper wire to have a durable tinsel or lustrous effect. This statement also applies to the weft thread 3.

The modified form of decorative fabric, in accordance with this invention, and as shown by Figure 5, will be of the same construction as the fabric shown by Figures 1 to 4, with this exception that the inner section 2 will be corrugated throughout.

The bends or picks I3 of the weft 3 are relatively widely spaced apart. This statement applies to the bends I4.

The manner of forming the decorative fabric,

in accordance with this invention, consists in first producing a relatively wide flat reinforced paper strip, decorating the outer face of the strip by printing or stamping thereon the desired orna mentations, then interlacing, by weaving the weft 3 relative to the warps indicated at 5, I1, I8, I9, 20, with the warp '5 arranged centrally of the fabric between the inner ones of the warps of the series I9, 20, and with the-warps II, I8 disposed outwardly of the entire warps of the two series I9, 23 and engaging the bends or picks I3, I4 of weft 3. I

If the outer sections of the fabric are form-ed from warps consisting of copper wire, the latter is flattened, then silvered and wound onto spools and from the spools the Wire is utilized. in forming-the said outers'ections; Th'ewarps ".18 are connected to the outer sections and the outer sections connected to the inner section by the weft 3 and which is accomplished by weaving on what is well known. as a Sauer loom.

It is to beunderstood that the paper body or central warp member 6 may be reinforced by cotton fibre in lieu of cotton threads. i

What I claim is:

. A woven decorated fabric of tape-like form comprising a central warp member formed of a relatively wide imperforate strip of paper havQ- ing embedded therein, lengthwise thereof spaced parallel continuous threads constituting reinforcing meanstherefor and having its outer' faceI provided with impressed means constitutinga decoration for said face,'two series of parallel lustrous warp threads 'each arranged at a side of the centralv warp member, and a, Weft interwoven with all of the said warp members with the picks of the weft relative'widely spaced apart, said strip being transversely corrugated throughout.

EDWARD'P. LORD. 

